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The beauty of data visualization - David McCandless

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David McCandless turns complex data sets, like worldwide military spending, media buzz, and Facebook status updates, into beautiful, simple diagrams that tease out unseen patterns and connections. Good design, he suggests, is the best way to navigate information glut -- and it may just change the way we see the world.

At the time of McCandless’s talk in the summer of 2010, how much money had been spent on the war in Iraq and Afghanistan?

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